For more than three centuries, German-British composer George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” has been a staple of the classical canon during the holidays. It’s a vaulting oratorio, in English, of the ...

It's "Messiah," by German-British opera composer George Frideric Handel. "It has been in near continuous performance from 1742, when it premiered, all the way up to the present," said author ...

“We were in Ireland with the choir, and we were walking down towards St. Patrick’s Cathedral to rehearse, and we walked right past what is now the hotel that Handel originally performed the ‘Messiah’ ...

The story of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah”—its composition, premier and gradual rise to worldwide popularity—has been told many times. Charles King’s innovation in “Every Valley ...

After the king’s death in 1727, Handel was commissioned to compose Zadok the Priest for the coronation of George II. The anthem has been sung at every British coronation ever since. Handel’s ...

George Frideric Handel wrote his beloved oratorio Messiah in a three-week burst of intense activity during the fall of 1741. While legend declares that this accelerated fervor resulted from divine ...

The Dec. 15 sold-out audience at Rutland’s Grace Church was treated to an unexpected joy. George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” as any true masterpiece is always rewarding, but Sunday took the church’s ...

Handel wrote his beloved oratorio Messiah in a three-week burst of intense activity during the fall of 1741. The first part of the oratorio foretells the Savior’s coming while the last part ...

Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel through holiday-time renditions of the Messiah's 'Hallelujah' chorus or his Music for the Royal Fireworks. Life and Music Handel was born in ...

Some of the techniques found in George Handel's Messiah can be transferred to performances and composing. By understanding the effects of each may develop musicianship skills. They are shown here ...

The composer George Frideric Handel wrote this letter ... Perhaps hoping to humour Jennens after his disappointment with 'Messiah', Handel does much in this letter to appear favourable to his ...

His black marble gravestone in the south transept reads GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL BORN YE 23 FEBRUARY 1684 DIED YE 14 ... instruments and an open score of his most well-known oratorio Messiah, composed ...